Isaiah - Chapter 14

Isaiah Chapters

1 Yahweh will have pity on Jacob, he will choose Israel once more and resettle them on their native soil. Foreigners will join them, attaching themselves to the House of Jacob.

2 Peoples will take them and escort them home, and the House of Israel will take them as slaves, men and women on Yahweh's soil. They will enslave those who enslaved them and will master their oppressors.

3 When that day comes, and Yahweh gives you rest from your suffering and torment and the grim servitude to which you have been subjected,

4 you will recite this satire on the king of Babylon and say: 'How did the tyrant end? How did his arrogance end?

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